Horse-hitching bar



(No Model.)

F.TAYLORL I HORSE HIT-CHING BAR. v No. 292,519. I Patented Jan. 29,1884.

i v UNITED STATES {PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK TAYLOR, or Lo wELLj MASSACHUSETTS] HORSE-HITCHING BAR.-

SPECIFICATION forming part -of Letters Patent No. 292,519, dated January29, 1884.

Application filed October 3, 1881. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that a I, FREDERICK TAYLOR,

' of Lowellg-zinthe countyaof Middlesex and Commonwealth" ofMassachusetts, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements inHorse-Hitching Bars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a hitching-bar provided with snap-hooks, meansfor locking and unlocking saidsnap hooks, and means for swiveling oneor. both of said snap-hooks.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is an oblique View? of such a bar.Fig. 2 is a side view of r the middle part of the same with theface-plate of the lock removed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of thebar and lock.

Figf i showshow one snap-hook is swiveled to the end of the arm. Fig. 5is an oblique detached view of the bolt, levers, and springs of thelock. Fig. 6 represents the key.

The arms A A of the bar are tubular and receive the reduced parts of theshanks H H of the Snap-hooks, these snap-hooks consisting, as usual, ofhooks O O, the free ends of which are in a line with the axis of thearms A- A,fthe bolts B Bhthrown out by the spiral springs DD,surrounding the reduced parts of said bolts, and the studs E E insertedin said bolts and projecting through longitudinal slots F F in saidshanks,by means of which studs the bolts are drawn back when requiredbut these snap-hooks of course are notpro vided at their inner or rearends with the rings commonly used, on Such snap-hooks. One.=-of thesesnap-hooks is shown rigidly secured to the arm A by means of rivets GG,-

passingthrough the. sides of the arm A into saidr-shank' H, while theother shank H is sWiveled-to the arm'A by pins G G, which pass throughthe Sides of the armA" into HID-3121111111811 slot, G cut in said shankH, which allows the last-named shank to turn, and prevents twisting orbreaking the hitching-. b ar..-' If desired, both snap-hooks may be soswiveled..' The bolts and hooks are beveled at W to allow aring or linkto be pushed between them'without drawing back the bolts by the studs'EE." The reduced parts of the bolts are continued for some distancethrough the arms, and are then enlarged at B B to fill the bore of thearms and extend into the look I. Evidently the bolt B should becylindrical at its inner end- 13 and its axis Should coincide withthatof the arm A in-which it other arm, 1 is pivoted to the slide M andto one or more levers O O by the pivot P, the slide and levers beingnotched, as shown at R. The slide has a straight horizontal slot, S,just wide enough to allow the stud V,fixed in 'the back of said lock, topass through it without interfering with the longitudinal motion of saidslide. The levers 0 0 are also slotted at S, as shown, the upper sidesof the slots being straight, but the lower sides of the slots S beingeach provided with a re-entering part T, which rises (when the leversare not interfered with by the key) on one sideor the other of the studV. When the key is introduced and turned, it pushes the levers downuntil the part T is low enough to pass under said stud, the spacebetween the said part T and the top of the slot S being greater than thediameter of said stud, and then pushesjthe slide M along and operatesthe locking-piece K to engage or disengage the bolts B B Any well-knownlock suitable for the purpose may be used instead ofthe lock abovedescribed.

.One of the snap-hooks may be fastened to the horses bit, and the otherto a ring in a hitching-post.

I claim as my invent,ion-

1. The combination of the hitching -bar provided at each end with asnap-hook, and means, substantially as described,forsimultaneouslylocking both of said snap-hooks bya single operation,as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, in a hitehingbar proprovided with sliding bo1ts,withthe bolts and vided at each end with a book, of two opsprings of Mock,as and for the purpose specipositely-sliding bolts and a lockingInechanfied.

ism adapted to be simultaneously engaged FREDERICK TAYLOR. 5 with ordisengaged from both of said bolts, \Vitnesses:

as and for the purpose specified. ALBERT M. MOORE,

3. The combination of the hitching-bar, FRED N.1\IAYBERRY.

